A young man looking for work in Warsaw has to overcome many hurdles in the world of bureaucracy to finally get employed.
Acting
Damian Damięcki's slow-burn exasperation is masterful.
Direction
Ziarnik makes waiting rooms cinematic.
Writing
Dialogue so banal it becomes poetry.
Director
Jerzy Ziarnik
Damian Damięcki
Henryk Sochocki
Bogdan Baer
Jerzy Jasiński
Krystyna Borowicz
Roszkowska
Janusz Bylczyński
OM-1 Manager
Jan Ciecierski
Public Transport Clerk
Jerzy Dobrowolski
Miecio
Edward Dziewoński
HR Manager
Wiesław Gołas
Fire Station Chief
Ryszarda Hanin
Kozłowska
Bogumił Kobiela
OSHA Manager
Jan Kobuszewski
Workplace Doctor
Gustaw Lutkiewicz
Walczak
Józef Nowak
Józef Sochocki
Kazimierz Opaliński
Welfare Department Manager
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during the Polish thaw, it mocks communist employment systems that technically guaranteed jobs while making them impossible to get.
Ziarnik was primarily a documentary filmmaker; his factual eye makes the absurdism hit harder.
PL
